Date: Tue, 12 Sep 1995 15:37:07 EDT

Subject: Updated Drive List

KURZWEIL K2000/K2500 DRIVE COMPATIBILITY

Software Version (K2500 same as version 3 column)

1.3 2.0 3.0
    Removable Media Drives
Y Y Y  Syquest -  all single sizes - 44, 88, 105, 270Mb
N N Y  Syquest 88C, 5110C, 5200C, 200Mb- (only writes native size cart)
Y Y Y  Floptical - Insite Peripherals
Y Y Y  Bernoulli - 90, 150 ("Auto Sleep" Locks 150, Fix = Eject Disks)
Y Y Y  Iomega "Zip" drive 100M ("Auto Sleep" locks Kurzweil, Fix = Eject Disk)

    Internal Hard Drives  (1/3 height max for kbd, 1/2 height for rack)
Y Y Y  Most SCSI standard 3.5" low power drives should work OK.
Y Y Y  Quantum LPS, ELS, & LT Series
Y Y Y  Conner CP series
Y Y Y  Maxtor 7000 series
? ? Y  Fujitsu M2682S 350Mb, M2684SA 530Mb
Y Y Y  Seagate ST3600 500Mb, ST3610 610Mb ( Not for K2000 keyboard)

    External Fixed Hard Drives
Y Y Y  Most drives under 1 gig and compliant w/ SCS standard should work OK.
Y Y Y  DEC DSP3105 1.05 Gig
? ? Y  IBM 0662-S12 - 1 Gig
Y Y Y  Seagate 1.2 Gig, 31200N 1.05 Gig

    Magneto Optical Drives
? Y Y  Sony P301 - 128Mb
? Y Y  Sony C501-00E - 650Mb, F521, F531 - 1.3Gig
? Y Y  Sony SMOF521/RMOS570 - 1.3 Gig
N N Y  Sony E301, C301 - 128Mb
? Y Y  Most 128Mb
N N Y  Fujitsu - M2511 128Mb, M2512 230Mb
? Y Y  Pinnacle OHD130, Tahoe 128Mb
? ? Y  Olympus MOF300 128Mb, Olympus 230Mb
? Y Y  Sharp JY7000 - 650Mb
N N Y  Ricoh RO5031E - 650Mb
? Y Y  Pinnacle Sierra - 1.3 Gig - certain drive firmware versions only
N ? Y  Maxoptix Tahiti 1300 Series 1.3 Gig

    CD ROM
Y Y Y  Sony 6211, CDU-541, 546, & 561 series
N N Y  Sony CDU-55S - reported to have problems with Akai disks
Y Y Y  Toshiba XM3401, 3501, 3601, 4101
N N Y  Chinon CDS 435, 525, 535
? ? Y  Plextor PX 43CS
? ? Y  Aiwa
? ? Y  Matsushita CR-8005 (in the Apple CD600)

Incompatibles
All.....   NEC, Epson, Panasonic - CD ROM & HDs
Opticals....   Iomega - Floptical, Teac 128 M/O, Pinnacle 650 M/O, IBM 230 M/O
Also....   Apple CD300i CD-ROM, Reno CD-ROM, Quantum Empire series,     Seagate
1.3 Gigabyte, IBM Spitfire 1Gb,  Fujitsu FJ694SB1Gb

* BACKUP OF LARGE MEDIA MAY REQUIRE P-RAM OPTION *
*Drives that require a response to the unit attention command are not currently
supported.